Ummi Naiemah Saraih
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Ummi Naiemah Saraih
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Ummi Naiemah, Saraih
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57191197363
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AAL-7846-2021

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Digital technology and intentions to adopt digital e-health practices among health-care professionals

2024 , Nadia A. Abdelmegeed Abdelwahed , Mohammed A. Al Doghan , Ummi Naiemah Saraih , Bahadur Ali Soomro

Purpose In the present era, digital technology can be used responsibly to provide developed and developing countries with high-quality health-care services to nations. This study aims to explore Saudi Arabia’s intentions to adopt digital health-care practices. Design/methodology/approach To be consistent with previous studies, this study used a quantitative methodology to collect the data from health-care professionals working in Saudi Arabia’s public and private health institutes. Consequently, this study’s findings are based on 306 valid samples. Findings On the one hand, the path analysis reveals that health-care professionals believe in perceptions relating to the use of e-health and technology (PEHT) and experiences regarding internet use (ERIU) and that these have positive and significant effects on attitudes toward the use of e-health and technology (ATEHT) and intentions to use e-health services (ITUES). On the other hand, barriers to using e-health (BUEH) negatively impact ATEHT and ITUES. Finally, ATEHT also has a positive and significant effect on ITUES. Practical implications This study’s findings will help Saudi Arabia’s policymakers and the country’s health ministry to develop policies to provide e-services that health-care professionals can use to improve the quality of the country’s health care, patients’ human rights and social care. Furthermore, this study’s findings are helpful in developing attitudes and intentions toward either e-health or digital health to provide better health facilities to serve Saudi Arabia’s citizens. Originality/value This study empirically confirms among Saudi Arabia’s health-care professionals the PEHT, ERIU and BUEH toward ATEHT and ITUES.

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Effect of institutional support and entrepreneurial knowledge on women’s entrepreneurial self-efficacy and venture performance in a developing country

2022 , Nadia Abdelhamid Abdelmegeed Abdelwahed , Bahadur Ali Soomro , Naimatullah Shah , Ummi Naiemah Saraih

Women’s entrepreneurship has become an essential movement in developing economies and is accepted in all working areas. This study aims to propose the effect of institutional support (IS) and entrepreneurial knowledge (ENK) on women’s entrepreneurial self-efficacy (WESE) and venture performance (VP) in a developing country, namely, Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach: The constructive theoretical framework comprises of an extensive review of current literature. In this study, the researchers used a deductive approach that used cross-sectional data collected through women entrepreneurs completing a questionnaire. Consequently, this study comprised 324 usable samples. Findings: The structural equation model reveals that formal institutional support (FIS), informal institutional support (IFIS) and ENK have a positive and significant effect on WESE that is concerned with the VP. Finally, WESE is a potent construct that mediates the association between FIS, IFIS, ENK and VP. Practical implications: This study’s findings provide policymakers and government with guidance so that, by providing entrepreneurship and technical courses to develop more entrepreneurial self-efficacy, they focus more on women’s entrepreneurship. Ultimately, this improves VP. Finally, this study’s findings would provide guidelines for allocating financial assistance or funds for women. By using these funds, they can start their businesses to tackle miserable conditions, i.e. poverty and unemployment. Originality/value: This study’s findings help to support the creation of self-employment opportunities and starting a business to improve well-being and socioeconomic conditions.

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Digital technology and intentions to adopt digital e-health practices among health-care professionals

2025-01 , Nadia A. Abdelmegeed Abdelwahed , Mohammed A. Al Doghan , Ummi Naiemah Saraih , Bahadur Ali Soomro

Purpose: In the present era, digital technology can be used responsibly to provide developed and developing countries with high-quality health-care services to nations. This study aims to explore Saudi Arabia’s intentions to adopt digital health-care practices. Design/methodology/approach: To be consistent with previous studies, this study used a quantitative methodology to collect the data from health-care professionals working in Saudi Arabia’s public and private health institutes. Consequently, this study’s findings are based on 306 valid samples.

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Going green with the green market and green innovation: building the connection between green entrepreneurship and sustainable development

2023 , Bahadur Ali Soomro , Nisren Farouk Moawad , Ummi Naiemah Saraih , Nadia A. Abdelmageed Abedelwahed , Naimatullah Shah

Purpose: This study aims to explore the role of the green market (GM) and green innovation (GI) towards green entrepreneurship (GE) and sustainable development (SD). Design/methodology/approach: Based on cross-sectional data, the researchers used quantitative methods in this study to confirm the conceptual framework. The researchers used a questionnaire to collect the data obtained from Pakistan's knowledge-based companies (KBCs). In total, the researchers used 192 usable samples to deliver the findings. Findings: The researchers used structural equation modeling (SEM) to ensure the model's fitness and as a basis for this study's hypotheses. The findings highlight that the GM factors, such as green product (GP), green design (GD), green supply chain (GSC) and green production (GPN) have a positive and significant effect GM factors, such as on both GE and SD. Further, GI is, also, a significant predictor of GE and SD. Finally, this study's findings show that GE has a predictive role of towards SD. Practical implications: This study's findings create a source of attention for individuals to preserve the GM's natural resources. Further, mainly in developing contexts like Pakistan, the addition of the GI factor and the GM towards GE and SD contribute to the depth of the existing literature. Originality/value: By integrating factors, such as innovation toward GE and SD, this study's findings provide an original contribution to the empirical evidence.

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Personality traits and conflict management styles: building the relationship through leadership effectiveness

2023 , Bahadur Ali Soomro , Ummi Naiemah Saraih , Tunku Salha Tunku Ahmad

The present study examines the relationship between personality traits (PTs) and conflict management styles (CMSs) directly and indirectly through leadership effectiveness (LE) in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach: This quantitative study employs a survey questionnaire to collect cross-sectional data from academic leaders of higher education institutes (HEIs) in Pakistan. The authors utilized 325 useable cases to conclude the results. Findings: The findings through the structural equation model (SEM) resulted in a positive and significant effect of agreeableness (AGS) on integrating (ITG), avoiding (AVG), obliging (OBG), compromising (COG) and dominating (DOG) styles. Extraversion (EXN) positively and significantly affects ITG, OBG, DOG and COG. Emotional stability (EMSY) is a positive and significant predictor of ITG, AVG, OBG and COG. The conscientiousness (CNS) trait significantly and positively predicts ITG, OBG, DOG, COG and AVG. Likewise, openness (OPS) positively and significantly affects ITG, OBG, DOG and COG styles. On the other hand, EXN and OPS negatively and insignificantly affect AVG. Finally, EMSY is the negative and insignificant predictor of DOG among academic leaders. Practical implications: This study offers additional insights into understanding direct and indirect connections between PTs and CMSs through EL. It would support the development of effective policies and organizational setup to resolve and manage conflict and employees' behaviour. Finally, the findings would further enrich the worth of literature through another empirical confirmation. Originality/value: This study offers the original contribution of PTs and CMSs among academic leaders in HEIs of Pakistan.

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Personality traits and conflict management styles via job performance in higher education

2022 , Bahadur Ali Soomro , Ummi Naiemah Saraih , Tunku Salha Tunku Ahmad

Purpose: This study aims to examine the direct and indirect relationships between Personality Traits (PTs) and Conflict Management Styles (CMSs) through Job Performance (JP) in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach: This is a quantitative study that employed a survey questionnaire to collect cross-sectional data from academic leaders of Pakistan's Higher Education Institutes (HEIs). The researchers derived this study's findings from 320 useable responses. Findings: The authors used a Structural Equation Model (SEM) which shows a positive and significant effect of agreeableness on Integrating Styles (IS), Avoiding Styles (AS), Obliging Styles (OS), Compromising Styles (CS) and Dominating Styles (DS). Extraversion has a positive and significant effect on IS, OS, DS and CS. Emotional Stability (ES) is the positive and significant predictor of IS, AS, OS and CS. The conscientiousness trait has a positive and significant effect in predicting IS, OS, DS, CS and AS. Likewise, openness has a positive and significant effect on IS, OS, DS and CS. On the other hand, extraversion and openness have a negative and insignificant effect on AS. Finally, amongst HEIs' academic leaders ES is the negative and insignificant predictor of DS. Practical implications: This study's findings offer additional insights into understanding the direct and indirect connections between PTs and CMSs through JP. These support the development of effective policies and organizational arrangements to resolve and manage conflict and employee behaviours. Finally, through another contribution of empirical evidence, these findings further enrich the worth of the literature. Originality/value: This study’s findings provide both, directly and indirectly, the original contributions of Pakistan’s HEIs’ academic leaders PTs and CMSs.

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Green knowledge management practices and green innovation: unveiling the mediating influence of green culture and green entrepreneurial self-efficacy

2025-03 , Nadia A. Abdelmegeed Abdelwahed , Mohammed A. Al Doghan , Ummi Naiemah Saraih , Bahadur Ali Soomro

Purpose: In this era, the knowledge economy is a significant tool in tackling issues of organizations’ sustainability and achieving sustainable development goals. In this study of Saudi Arabia’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the authors explored the effect of green knowledge management (GKM) practices on green innovation (GI) through adopting a green culture (GC) and green entrepreneurial self-efficacy (GESE). Design/methodology/approach: In this co-relational study, the authors used cross-sectional data from Saudi Arabia’s top SME managers and based the findings on 368 valid samples. Findings: Using structural equation modeling, this study’s findings demonstrate that GKM constructs, such as green knowledge acquisition (GKA), green knowledge dissemination (GKD) and green knowledge responsiveness (GKR), have a positive and significant effect on GI. Moreover, GI positively and significantly affects GC and GESE. Finally, GC and GESE mediate GKA’s, GKD’s and GKR’s relationships with GI. Practical implications: The study’s findings assist in tackling environmental sustainability challenges and help achieve sustainable development goals. These also strengthen organizational capabilities to achieve GI. Accordingly, the authors recommend that policymakers and planners develop a wide range of GKM settings for organizations, businesses, communities and governments to tackle the issues of GI and GC. Originality/value: This study empirically fills the gaps by demonstrating the role of GC and GESE in developing the connection between GKM practices and GI and, more specifically, Saudi Arabia’s SMEs.

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Leading towards the students’ career development and career intentions through using multidimensional soft skills in the digital age

2023 , Naimatullah Shah , Safia Bano , Ummi Naiemah Saraih , Nadia A. Abdelmegeed Abdelwahed , Bahadur Ali Soomro

Purpose: In the digital age, the development of students’ career intentions requires serious concentration since these are associated with the students’ future employment and, ultimately, their survival. This study attempted to demonstrate in Pakistan’s Higher Educational Institutes (HEIs) the role of soft skills towards the students' career development (CD) and their future career intentions (CI). Design/methodology/approach: In this study, the researchers used a quantitative approach and a questionnaire to collect the data from the surveyed participants. Finally, the researchers based this study’s findings on 392 useable samples. Findings: By employing the structural equation model (SEM), this study’s findings show that soft skills, such as Creative Self-Efficacy (CSE), Problem-Solving Confidence (PSC) and Teamwork (TW) have a positive and significant effect on CD and CI. However, while Critical thinking and Creativity (CRC) has a positive and significant effect on CD, it has no effect on CI. In addition, this study’s findings confirm, also, that CD has a positive and significant effect on CI. Practical implications: This study’s findings assist policymakers and university administrators to understand the importance of soft skills in creating CD and CI. These promote the development of employability skills and fulfill its part in preparing graduates for the unpredictable job market. This study’s findings help, also, to develop logical reasoning in making decisions and in dealing with complex organizational issues. Originality/value: In a practical way, in Pakistan, this study’s findings confirm the role of soft skills towards students' CD and CI.

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Forecasting turnover intention: an analysis of psychological factors and perceived organizational support among healthcare professionals

2024-11 , Nadia A. Abdelmegeed Abdelwahed , Mohammed A. Al Doghan , Ummi Naiemah Saraih , Bahadur Ali Soomro

Purpose: Turnover intention (TOI) has become a severe issue in Saudi Arabia’s health-care system as health professionals leave their organizations. Saudi Arabia’s health-care professionals’ TOI affects the organizations and the patients’ human rights. Therefore, this study aims to assess the factors that affected Saudi Arabia’s health-care professionals’ TOI. Design/methodology/approach: This study based its findings on quantitative cross-sectional data. This study’s respondents were health-care professionals working in Saudi Arabia’s public and private health-care institutions. Findings: By using path analysis, this study’s findings reveal that, on the one hand, job stress (JS), psychological distress (PD) and perceived work exhaustion (PWE) have positive and significant effects on TOI. On the other hand, perceived organizational support (POS) is a positive and significant predictor of TOI. Practical implications: This study’s findings will help the Saudi Arabian Ministry and policymakers develop policies to encourage health professionals’ perseverance through reducing their JS, PD and PWE and by enhancing POS for health-care staff. Moreover, by controlling the increasing turnover ratio among Saudi Arabia’s health-care professionals, this study’s findings assist in overcoming the violations of human rights. Originality/value: This study’s findings empirically confirm the development of TOI through JS, PD and PWE among Saudi Arabia’s health-care professionals.

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The role of digital technology and digital innovation towards firm performance in a digital economy

2023 , Naimatullah Shah , Abdul Wahid Zehri , Ummi Naiemah Saraih , Nadia A. Abdelmegeed Abdelwahed , Bahadur Ali Soomro

PurposeIn this study, the researchers explored the roles played by digital technologies and digital innovation (DI) in Pakistan's Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) companies' firm performance (FP).Design/methodology/approachThe researchers used a quantitative study to gather cross-sectional data from employees working in Pakistan's ICT companies. The authors based this study's findings on 396 valid samples.FindingsThe structural equation modeling (SEM) findings underline that digital capability (DC), digital orientation (DO) and digital transformation (DT) have positive and significant effects on DI and FP. Moreover, there is a positive and significant relationship between DI and FP. Finally, DI mediates DC's, DO's and DT's associations with FP.Practical implicationsBy committing to embracing new digital technologies and updating existing DCs to become innovation leaders and to improve FP, the findings will help sectors to take advantage of developing digital technologies and the trend toward digitalization. The results are also valuable for policymakers when considering if SMEs should be provided with more money for the digital up-skilling of their employees. Finally, this study's findings enrich the depth of literature about companies' use of digital technologies.Originality/valueThis study's empirical findings confirm the roles played by DC, DO and DT in improving DI and FP in a developing country such as Pakistan.

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